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OSHA Proposes Rule to Ensure Crane Operators Are Qualified The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it is amending its proposed rule for crane operator training and certification. The new version of the rule removes the need for crane operators to get different levels of certification based on the rated lifting capacity of the equipment. The new rule amends the previous OSHA crane standard that said that employers were required to only allow certified operators to operate cranes, and
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outlines the training requirements to receive certification. The standard went into effect in November 2014, with a fouryear phase-in period to meet training and certification requirements. The current deadline is November 10, 2018. Previously, the rated-capacity requirement allowed for operators to be qualified on any crane with the same or lower rated-capacity than the crane they had been tested on. But according to OSHA, several testing organizations objected to this requirement as they did not offer certifications by crane capacity in their programs.
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According to OSHA, the change was spurred specifically by worries over the anticipated cost of training and certification on multiple classes of cranes. By OSHA’s own estimates, the rule impacts approximately 117,130 crane operators, and the total annual cost of compliance with the rule is estimates at almost $1.6 million. By eliminating the need for operators to be certified by the rated-capacity of cranes, OSHA estimates a one-time cost savings of $25.5 million to the industry. In addition to the change in training requirements, the new crane rule also makes permanent a requirement for employers to determine the competency of their operators on site. This goes beyond the earlier rule, which took an operator’s previous certifications as proof enough of their competency. Now, each employer will be required to evaluate every new operator as an “operator-intraining” when they first come on the site before they are allowed to run cranes unsupervised. For more information, visit www.osha.gov
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ICPI Announces New Hardscape North America Awards Categories and Judging Criteria The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) has released new Hardscape North America (HNA) Awards categories and judging criteria for 2018.
The HNA Awards recognize residential and commercial hardscape projects in the United States and Canada, including walkways, patios, driveways, and commercial plazas, parking lots, streets and more. Winning and honorable mention awards are given to hardscape installation contractors. Designers and product manufacturers of winning and honorable mention projects will also be recognized at the 2018 Hardscape North America trade show during the HNA Awards Recognition Presentation and will be featured in Interlock Design magazine, the HNA website, social media, and other industry publications. The 2018 HNA Awards online submissions system is open. Entries will be accepted through Wednesday, September 5. Projects entered by Monday, August 13 receive a discount of $40. The 2018 HNA Awards feature 18 hardscape categories, including new categories for natural stone, outdoor living features and vintage installation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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www.MarshallSales.com 15. Combination of hardscape products commercial (all sizes) 16. Natural stone residential or commercial projects (all sizes) 17. Outdoor living feature residential or commercial projects (all sizes) 18. Vintage installation for residential or commercial projects installed before 2008 (all sizes) Judging criteria: 1. Design (including use of color, shape, texture and pattern) 2. Quality of Construction and Craftsmanship 3. Compatibility with Related Construction Materials and Systems 4. Construction Innovation 5. Overall Excellence Entrants will be asked to submit five photos and written descriptions of the completed projects that address the five judging criteria. Produced by the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI), the awards are endorsed by the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) and the Brick Industry Association (BIA). The HNA Awards program is sponsored by Belgard and Keystone Hardscapes. To submit a project or for more information, visit https://hna.secure-platform.com/a/organizations/main/home.
Tile Day 2018: A Success The third annual Tile Day was held at the St. Mary’s Cultural Center in Livonia on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. The annual event was sponsored by the Detroit Ceramic Tile Contractors Association (DCTCA), the Great Lakes Ceramic Tile Council (GLCTC) and the IMI. More than 90 architects were able to hear about the latest advances in tile technology and installation methods. Included in this 4 CEU/HSW, 4-hour event were presentations on: · ANSI Standard for Gauged Porcelain Tile and Gauged porcelain tile Panels/ Slabs · New developments in moisture mitigation, · Floor remediation options · New grout options and performance characteristics. For information on next year’s event, contact Kurt von Koss at kurt@beavertile.com. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Safety Tool Kit ELEMENTS OF A SAFETY & HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: Education & Training
By Jason Griffin CAM DireCtor of eDUCAtioN AND SAfetY ServiCeS
n the June 2018 edition of CAM Magazine, we covered the topic of Hazard Prevention and Control as part of a series of articles addressing the elements of an effective safety and health management system (SHMS). In this issue, we look at the element of Education & Training. Education and training provide both workers and management with the information about the hazards and control methods that are utilized by an organization. OSHA’s Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs for Construction identifies four steps or action items that an employer can do to more effectively implement this element into their safety programming.
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1. Provide program awareness training 2. Train employers, managers, and supervisors on their roles in the program 3. Train workers on their specific roles in the safety and health program 4. Train workers on hazard identification and controls Let’s break each of these action steps down and discuss options for effective implementation. Awareness training assists employees and managers with the recognition of hazards in their working environment. It serves to trigger action when a condition arises that either the employer or the employee recognizes as a hazard. Examples of awareness training include both the 10- and 30-hour programs offered by the OSHA Training Institute (OTI). Other examples include training programs offered by the MIOSHA Training Institute (MTI) run by MIOSHA’s Consultation Education and Training (CET) Division (see QR code in the sidebar). These programs expose participants to the common hazards often encountered on construction sites and to the regulatory requirements that address the hazards. The training programs also serve to educate both employers and employees of their right to training. In fact, the need for training is called out in the general requirements in OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart C and in MIOSHA CS Part 1: General Rules. 12 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2018
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When describing the roles that employers, managers, and supervisors have in the safety program, it is important to identify each role’s responsibilities. This is done through the development of clear position descriptions and assuring that employees or managers who are assigned to these roles have the necessary training to fulfill them. Site supervisors are often tasked with the role of a being a competent person, which carries specific responsibilities depending on the standard that you are referencing. There is a common definition that starts with hazard recognition. Similarly, managers who develop and administer the programs often take on the role of a qualified person, which still requires the hazard recognition but also demonstrated ability to solve problems relating to the particular hazard or project. Often, the people given this responsibility have not had the appropriate training to allow them to be successful in these roles. These roles require a lot of training on a variety of topics as well as practical field experience in their application under working conditions. The third action item discusses training each employee, manager, and supervisor in his or her role within the program. This is important as frontline supervisors and crew leaders have to be trained to do tasks that generally fall outside of their regular trade or craft. This can include incident reporting, incident investigation, emergency response, and communication of an event or hazard to their senior management. This can be a monumental task that involves serious legal ramifications if not done correctly. They may also need training on how to deal with regulatory inspections from a variety of agencies. The last action item deals with specific hazard recognition training and training on the safety programming that has been implemented by the employer. There are a variety of methods for delivering this training, including tool box talks, job safety or hazard analysis (JSA or JHA), task activity guides (TAGs), lunch and learn activities, and more. One method that is also very effective is to utilize small sections of the company’s safety program that are relevant to work activities as a Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
form of tool box talk. This assures that, over time, each employee will be fully read into the company’s safety program. This assists with strengthening jobsite safety culture as well as documenting which employees have been formally trained on an employer’s policies, procedures, and systems used in the performance of work. In summary, training and education form a foundation on which each of the other elements build.The QR codes to the right direct you to the OSHA page discussing this topic, the MIOSHA CET Division page, the MIOSHA Training Institute page, and the Mid-America OSHA Education Center, for which CAM serves as an OTI programming host site. If you have questions or need additional information on this topic, please contact me at griffin@buildwithcam.com or by phone at (248) 972-1141.
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Michigan Takes the Lead in Clean Energy Initiatives Utilities and Public Interest Groups Announce Breakthrough
By Douglas Elbinger, Energy Systems Analyst, Newman Consulting Group LLC
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fter being left behind in the dust by dozens of other states in respect to clean energy policy, Michigan has stepped up to a leadership position with a progressive new energy policy without the use of ballot proposals or legislative action. In a voluntary agreement with public interest groups, led by the Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan (CEHM) committee, Michigan's two largest utilities jointly announced on May 18, 2018, that they are "targeting at least a 50 percent Clean Energy Goal by 2030." The specifics of the initiative will be included in their upcoming Integrated Resource Plans, which the utilities are required to present to the Michigan Public Service Commission. The utility companies say they will reach most of the goal through energy–efficiency initiatives, but at least 25% of the result will come directly from renewable energy. The agreement will represent a substantial increase in the use of clean energy in Michigan. As a result, Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan will not submit the more than 350,000 signatures they have collected in support of placing a clean energy initiative on the ballot in November. The decision by the utilities to collaborate with CEHM and other public interest groups highlight the strength of energy-issue ballot initiatives, which have recently seen success in Florida, Arizona and Nevada. “Michigan wants clean energy and we saw bi-partisan support across the state from the moment we started this campaign,” said John Freeman, the campaign manager for the Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan ballot initiative. “We look forward to working with Michigan’s energy companies and leaders across the state to continue to push for more progress on this issue and working for a healthy, prosperous future for Michigan families." Meanwhile, both energy companies have already announced plans to reduce carbon emissions 80 percent — by 2040 for Consumers Energy and by 2050 for DTE — as they continue to move away from coal. Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund manager and environmental activist, had funded more than $1.8 million in direct and in-kind contributions into the CEHM ballot initiative, that would require 30% of Michigan utilities' electricity sales to come from renewable sources by 2030. “We appreciate that Tom Steyer and the sponsors of Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan have taken the time to 14 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2018
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much more aggressive than Michigan’s. Hawaii will require 100 percent renewable energy by 2045, and Vermont 75 percent by 2032. California and New York laws both require 50 percent renewables by 2030, while Oregon requires 50 percent by 2040. In another move, California recently announced an initiative to require solar be installed on all new homes starting in 2020.
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understand our commitment to carbon reduction and how Michigan’s energy plan puts the tools in place to achieve this goal in a thoughtful and affordable manner," DTE Energy Chairman and CEO Gerry Anderson and Consumers Energy CEO Patti Poppe wrote in their joint press release. Both companies "are overwhelmingly in favor of renewable energy and are focused on bringing additional energy–efficiency opportunities to our customers." Earlier this year, DTE proposed doubling the utility's renewable capacity by 2022, largely through the addition of large-scale wind resources. The utility says its plan would drive $1.7 billion in investment and grow its renewable energy capacity from 1 GW to 2 GW. DTE is working to cut carbon emissions by more than 80% by 2050. Consumers is targeting that same reduction by 2040. On another note, The Michigan Public Service Commission last month gave final approval for DTE to build a $1 billion natural gas-fired plant in St. Clair County, which will help replace power from a string of coal-fired plants the company plans to retire. At last count, 29 states have renewable energy portfolio standards, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, including some that remain Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Awards Announced he American Institute of Architects (AIA) Michigan announced 12 buildings singled out for design excellence. Dozens of projects were entered in the competition, and they were judged by an esteemed jury from New York, New York, chaired by Katherine Chia, FAIA, Desai Chia Architecture. The project teams were presented awards at the AIA-Michigan’s annual Design Awards Celebration on June 8, 2018, at The Roostertail in Detroit.
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BUILDING CATEGORY: Biosciences Building Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Architect: Stantec Architecture Inc. Contractor: Clark Construction Photos: Justin Maconochie Jury Comment: “A finely detailed façade, generous technical spaces and student-centered details and spaces, such as its ‘living wall’ make for a science building that focuses more on its inhabitants than its equipment. The main auditorium, with its sawtooth roof, epitomizes this project’s attention to experience and place at every scale.”
Genesee Career Institute Flint, Michigan Architect: Stantec Architecture Inc. Contractor: Barton Malow Co. Photos: Justin Maconochie Jury Comment: “This project is to be commended not ony for taking a banal building and creating a wonderful new presence to the neighborhood, but for also extending that transparency to its very noble goals for the residents of the neighborhood and a city that is long overdue for positive transformations.”
Foundation Hotel Detroit, Michigan Architect: McIntosh Poris Associates Contractor: Sachse Construction Photos: Jason Keen, Joe Vaughn, Chris & Michelle Gerard Jury Comment: “Beautifully restored, finely detailed, this is a great example of adaptive reuse.”
Pleasant Street Residence Saugatuck, Michigan Architect: Lucid Architecture Contractor: Zahn Builders, Inc. Photos: Eric De Witt Jury Comment: “This project channels the 1950s with surgical precision and extraordinary detail, lovingly recreating proportions, materials and details with contemporary technology and approaches to create something that is both homage and groundbreaking.”
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Phyllis Fratzke Early Childhood Learning Laboratory Grand Rapids, Michigan Architect: Stantec Architecture Inc. Contractor: Rockford Construction Photos: Justin Maconochie Jury Comment: “This assemblage elevates architecture for children, offering a wealth of space and finely detailed learning environments.”
Ariens Hill Sledding Hill Pavilion Green Bay, Wisconsin Architect: ROSSETTI Contractor: Miron Construction Photos: Rafael Gamo Jury Comment: “The building demonstrates a great combination of program and form that undoubtably provide a memorably experience.”
A. Alfred Taubman Wing Ann Arbor, Michigan Architect: Integrated Design Solutions Contractor: The Christman Co. Photos: James Halfner Jury Comment: “A building designed to inspire the next generation of architects is a prime example of how contemporary architecture can bridge the gap between theory and practice – a building that is at once both formally rigorous and programmatically generous.”
INTERIOR CATEGORY: University of Michigan South Quadrangle Renovation Ann Arbor, Michigan SmithGroupJJR Contractor: Clark Construction Photos: Liam Frederick, Scott Soderberg, Austin Thomason, Eric Bronson Jury Comment: “This interior is the best student dining facility we've seen, and raises the bar for creating a series of unique and varied environments for students to gather, eat, and study.” Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Prime + Proper Detroit, Michigan Architect: McIntosh Poris Associates Contractor: Milo Building Co., Inc. Photos: Chris and Michelle Gerard & Aly Berman Jury Comment: “As textured and marbled as an exquisite cut of meat, the rich interiors of this restaurant elevate the dining experience to new levels of comfort and extravagance.”
LOW BUDGET/SMALL PROJECT CATEGORY: Airport Viewing Pavilion
Grand Rapids, Michigan Architect: Mathison|Mathsion Contractor: Owen Ames Kimball Co. Photos: Jason Keen Photography Jury Comment: “This simple and expressive pavilion provides a provides a serene viewing platform beneath a soaring dynamic form.”
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Green Bay, Wisconsin Architect: ROSSETTI Contractor: Schuh Construction Photos: Rafael Gamo Jury Comment: “This striking use of metal, inside and out, illustrates the many imaginative ways steel can be used, and creates a fabulous environment and a strong exterior statement.”
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East Lansing, Michigan Architect: DLZ Michigan, Inc. Contractor: Laux Construction Photos: DLZ Michigan, Inc: Eric Beaulieu Jury Comment: “This project combines a common building material, sheet metal, with an often overlooked building component, the soffit, to create a pleasurable experience for travelers. It elevates an important piece of public transportation infrastructure to create true public space.” The American Institute of Architects Michigan also announced the contributors to the design and built environment communities who have been singled out to receive prestigious recognition awards at the award ceremony. There were 10 recognition categories and 13 award winners this year: Gold Medal Award: Michael Neville, FAIA, Neville Design Group (formerly with Ghafari Associates) Associate Member Award: Crystal Tocco, Associate AIA, WTA Architects Firm of the Year: Progressive|AE, Grand Rapids President’s Award: Jack Bullo, AIA, HED Balthazar Korab Award: Michael Hodges, The Detroit News Robert Hastings Award: Stephen Smith, AIA, TMP Architecture, Inc. Young Architect Award: Katy Litwin, AIA, Integrated Design Solutions Honorary Affiliate Award: Damian Hill, Hon. Aff. AIAMI, Associated General Contractors of Michigan Michigan Architectural Foundation Leadership Award: Jeanne & Ralph Graham College of Fellows: Craig Borum, FAIA, PLY Architecture; Cynthia Hayward, FAIA, Hayward & Associates, LLC; James Nicolow, FAIA, Lord Aeck & Sargent Architecture; Dawn Zuber, FAIA, Studio Z Architecture
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Re-Writing History The Detroit Media Partnership Building Complex By Camille Sylvain Thompson, Peter Basso Associates
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The design goal was to preserve many of the original structure’s historic architectural elements and industrious history, while incorporating a contemporary, vibrant flair that is synonymous with Quicken Loans branding.
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etroit’s economic resurgence continues to blanket and breathe new life into many of the city’s turn-of-the-century high-rises that up until recently sat vacant since the economic downturn of the 1980s. Many of these early structures, built in the 1900s through the 1920s, had become a concrete and steel shadow of their former selves. They were originally constructed in glorious fashion to accommodate the massive influx of white collar city workers. As recently as five to ten years ago, many were sitting on death row, waiting for demolition. However, in recent years, Detroit has been experiencing an economic rebirth from the rise in start-up tech companies and suburban design companies choosing to relocate their offices to renovated historic high-rises in downtown Detroit and Midtown. These iconic buildings, which were a reminder of the blight and decay of the city’s economy, have risen once again as beacons of the city’s storied past and even brighter future. Most have garnered the attention of metropolitan developers, both local and national, looking to fold into and be a part of the city’s exciting new renaissance. Detroit restaurants are recruiting world-renowned chefs, New York-based hotel developers are eager to offer boutique or brand-named accommodations, and billion dollar companies like Facebook and Google are referring to Detroit as the next Silicon Valley. Developers and Detroit enthusiasts have continued to put their heart and soul into the daunting but rewarding process of renovating salvageable historic buildings, including the former Detroit News complex, now referred to as 615 West Lafayette. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building is a limestone – clad Art Deco structure with medieval decorative influences. As a daily newspaper production hub, the building is representative of the city’s roots and stands as a symbol of and tribute to industry.
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the six-story building, including office and training space on floors one through five, with California-based Molina Healthcare occupying 30,000 square feet on the sixth floor of the main building and on the fifth floor of the Annex.
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A mock version of a newspaper conveyer belt snakes its way around the ceiling of the former newsroom to mimic the productivity and motion of a printing press belt carrying newspapers around the production room.
615 West Lafayette Background and History In 2015, the city’s two biggest daily newspapers - the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News - who had been sharing the 311,787 square foot 615 Lafayette address since 1998, packed up their presses and relocated to the vacant Federal Reserve Bank building, leaving the iconic Albert Kahn-designed 615 West Lafayette without a tenant. The complex consists of three structures that span an entire city block – the original building, which was completed in 1917, includes a six-story, steel-framed and reinforced structure, clad in Indiana limestone. The building also had a five-story paper storage warehouse addition, which was incorporated in 1919 adjacent to the original structure, as well as a single-story parking garage that was once reserved for 615 West Lafayette executives. According to Don Vanderworp, project manager on 615 Lafayette and senior designer for Hamilton Anderson Architects (HAA), “five floors out of the original six-story building had a ‘wing’ that had previously been used as a warehouse space, known as the Annex.” The fivestory paper storage warehouse addition, which was connected to the original building, “…was treated with a more industrial feel, keeping with the original exposed concrete ceilings and mushroom-shaped columns.” Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
In 2014, 615 West Lafayette was sold to Bedrock, a full-service Detroit-based real estate organization co-founded by Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert. Following an extensive core and shell renovation, Peter Basso Associates (PBA) was initially brought on board to provide MEP engineering design services and architectural lighting design for the Tenant Improvements to the former newsroom on the third floor, which was under demolition. The third floor was to be transformed into a vibrant training space for Gilbert’s Quicken Loans employees. Peter Basso Associates’ relationship with Quicken Loans dates back to 2007, prior to Quicken Loans relocating its headquarters to Detroit. PBA provided MEP engineering services for Quicken’s initial relocation to One Campus Martius (formerly the Compuware Building) and has been involved in a number of projects for the Quicken Loans family of companies ever since. Because of this relationship, PBA was familiar with the colorful and contemporary design-style of Quicken Loans and the frequently required technology, such as data cabling, TVs, and audio/video features that are used for training and conference spaces. Following PBA’s design of the third floor, the company was further retained to provide MEP engineering design for the remaining Quicken Loan spaces at 615 West Lafayette. Today, Quicken Loans occupies most of
Putting a Contemporary Spin on History The design goal for the floor renovations for Quicken Loans was to preserve many of the original structure’s historic architectural elements and industrious history, while incorporating a contemporary, vibrant flair that is synonymous with Quicken Loans branding. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and so the design team wanted to not only preserve many of the unique aspects of its history, but also some of its “mojo” as a fastpaced newspaper production and editorial hub. As an industry that “never sleeps,” newspaper workers’ lifestyles are somewhat in sync with the buzzing work
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ethic of a Quicken Loans mortgage banker or trainee. The office itself is open and active from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., seven days a week. Therefore, it needed to include light-hearted, whimsical elements to break up the day, as well as contain some of the comforts of home, like full-sized kitchens, ping-pong tables, lounge seating, and even a customdesigned conference room with suspended swings for seating. Following core and shell design and construction along with exterior restoration and preservation efforts, PBA was tasked by Bedrock Detroit with providing MEP engineering design services and architectural lighting design for the third-floor Quicken Loans training space. The design intent was to not only modernize the space and its infrastructure, including MEP engineering and information technology, but to “… mainline the remaining historic elements and recreate the open press room feeling of the floor,” recalls Vanderworp.
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To welcome guests from the central elevator lobby, PBA lighting designers suggested and arranged the layout for the lighting design, including a custom armillary globe fixture and replica globestyle luminaires. Cast in bronze, the sphere is banded in brass with the Quicken Loans namesake and a golden arrow piercing its core. The original stone work and arching architecture, traditional to the time when it was built, was maintained in the central elevator lobby. After studying historic photographs of the same time period, PBA lighting designers determined that glowing pendant, globestyle luminaires were typical light fixtures for office buildings during that time period. According to PBA lighting designer Darko Banfic, “We wanted to acknowledge both the building’s historical integrity and the local history that Quicken Loans has impacted since coming to Detroit, by illuminating the lobby as it would have originally been illuminated. While simultaneously adding a touch of new that
Custom armillary globe fixture banded in brass with the Quicken Loans namesake conceptualized by Peter Basso Associates lighting designers. Photo courtesy of Peter Basso Associates.
the Quicken Loans brand brings to a space.” Banfic further explained, “We accessorized the pendant globes with metal framing, with the central globe surrounded by open-frame metal bands creating an opportunity to highlight the Quicken Loans name. To the design team, it symbolized how the city of Detroit and the Quicken Loans family of companies have embraced each other in the rejuvenation of this historical building, and in the city itself.” A similar fixture, a custom-designed bronze skeletal representation of the globe, is centrally located in the historic first-floor lobby. The central lighting element is representative of the transitioning of the complex from its classic 1920s-era beginnings to its new role as a contemporary training center for the growing staff at Quicken Loans. The 37,428 square foot floor, which includes 18,040 square feet from the attached warehouse building and 3,256 square feet of historic space, was to consist of two kitchen/breakrooms, two storage rooms, five enclosed offices, ten training rooms, four meeting rooms, one large conference room, lounge areas and space for open concept cubicles, or “team member workstations.” Playing on the storied past of the third floor, which was the former Detroit Media Partnership’s bustling newsroom, a mock version of a newspaper conveyer belt snakes its way around the ceiling to mimic the productivity and motion of a printing “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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press belt carrying newspapers around the production room. The belt is dotted with randomly placed LED-illuminated flat panels laminated with historic Detroit newspaper articles, to add to the theme of print production in a unique and contemporary way. Various versions of the fixture were placed in the elevator lobbies and kitchen areas to continue the theme of production and motion and to give nod to the history of the open-floor production room. The third floor, although mostly modernized, retained some of the building’s historic elements. Ceiling heights were returned to their original 10foot height, and historic light fixtures were replaced with pendant LED globes. These fixtures mimicked the lighting of the time period and accentuated the theme of wood crown and base trim details that added a continuous historic element throughout the building. In addition, they served to highlight decorative lay-in ceiling tiles that mimicked the original decorative plaster ceilings as well as
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traditional tin ceilings and architectural archways. According to Banfic, “LED fixtures mounted on the columns that abut to the archways provide depth to the shape and size of the archways. In addition, LED uplighting was incorporated along the path of the wood molding in order to avoid creating unwanted dark spaces.” As one moves closer to the modern training room spaces, contemporary direct and indirect LED pendant fixtures line the pathway. Due to the varying ceiling heights, “… communication conduits and cable trays had to appear to be seamlessly fed between the two buildings, whose floors rarely lined up, without running into clearance issues and more importantly, without hitting someone in the head,” recalls the project’s lead electrical engineer, Scott Garrison, principal at PBA. “The building was electrically ‘overqualified’ for what we needed, so the challenge was trying to use existing infrastructure that had value, but that wasn’t always located in the most
convenient spaces. In order to resolve this, we had to extend circuits and feeders to meet our client’s needs, without it disrupting the aesthetic or design intent of the space, which fortunately, we were able to do with little to no disruption to staff.” “In terms of electrical, the challenge was finding a way to feed all of the power and data to work stations as effectively as possible,” recalls electrical engineer Lindsey Stefaniak, PE, of PBA. “This was particularly challenging on the third and fourth floors of the Annex, where the third floor had much higher ceilings than the fourth. This meant that all of our infrastructure would need to be located below the floor we were renovating.” In a typical scenario, “Poke-Through” devices would be cored into the floor below in order to incorporate power and data into the infrastructure. Because of the low ceiling heights, attaching conduit to the standard junction box fitting would create a conflict with the ductwork in the ceiling space below, which was routed high and tight to the structure in order to
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give as much headroom as possible. In order to avoid this, PBA documented a custom way to attach conduit directly to the Poke-Through devices by removing the standard fitting, which in turn made more room for additional infrastructure in the ceiling space. In order to accommodate data on the fourth floor, PBA designed the layout for the cable tray on the third floor to handle all data cables that would serve fourthfloor workstations. “Every time we thought about the MEP design for each floor, we had to think about how that would impact the floor below. Because of the constrained height and exposure of the structure, we truly had to visualize and consider what each system would look like when installed.� Kitchen areas, or breakrooms, combine the historic past of the building with the contemporary Quicken Loans branding using modern elements. For example, lasercut newspaper patterns wrap the pendant fixtures that hang over the breakroom bar top, which is backlit with elements of Quicken Loans branding. Taking MEP and Architectural Coordination to New Heights The second floor was an infill from the original structure and had a floor-tounderside-of-structural-deck-ceiling height of 9 feet 6 inches, a floor-to-underside-of-secondary-structure height of 7 feet 6 inches, and a floor-tounderside-of-primary-structure height of 7 feet 4 inches. The low, varying floor-to-ceiling heights caused many structural challenges for the architectural and engineering design teams. “The second floor was unique in that it had a very low ceiling and required extensive architectural and MEP coordination to determine paths for MEP distribution,� recalled Vanderworp. “The systems needed to avoid the existing
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Pendant LED globes reflect the lighting of the time period and serve to highlight decorative lay-in ceiling tiles that mimicked the original decorative plaster ceilings as well as traditional tin ceilings and architectural archways. Photo courtesy of Peter Basso Associates.
structure, maintain adequate headroom, all while retaining their functional properties.� The first floor had been incorporated as one full level, where before it had served as two stories. Therefore, ceiling heights on the second floor had been significantly adjusted to accommodate infrastructural needs. On the second floor, because of the low ceiling height, PBA was limited with space for the overhead distribution of ductwork. Deep beams from the first floor created pockets that were initially challenging to work around. In order to provide a more comfortable environment for workers, PBA architectural lighting designers accentuated the columns with LED fixtures that abut to ductwork columns rising from the floor below. “Instead of having large mains running through the second floor,� noted Ken Fitzgerald of PBA, mechanical engineer on the project, “we located the mains on the floor below, where more space was available. We then distributed to individual zones on the second floor. Typically, variable air volume (VAV) systems are located in the ceiling, but on the second floor, because of clearance issues, the team decided to orient the VAV boxes “The Voice of The Construction IndustryŽ�
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Laser-cut newspaper patterns wrap the pendant fixtures that hang over the breakroom bar top, which is backlit with elements of Quicken Loans branding. Photo courtesy of Peter Basso Associates.
vertically and locate them directly adjacent to the columns. In addition, to give the illusion of having higher ceilings, the ductwork and conduit were left exposed, which lessened any concerns for feeling boxed in or claustrophobic in the space.”
equipment and address several unsightly conditions associated with existing columns and fireproofing needs. In addition, it helped to inform the furniture configuration allowing PBA to design more uniform lighting distribution throughout the space,” stated Vanderworp. “In order to keep the original, open floorplan, and to minimize any disruption to the historic fabric, PBA incorporated modern HVAC equipment in place of the original steam distribution system that had been gutted. In addition, because of the new office configuration, VAV boxes had to be relocated from the original core and shell design. The challenge was incorporating this new system within the limited parameters we had to work with and as unobtrusively as possible to the historic features of the floor,” recalls Dave Newton of PBA, the lead mechanical engineer on the project. Press Room Café Carved out from the north corner of the
attached parking garage previously utilized by executives and feature editors of the Detroit Media Partnership, the new 8,000-square-foot Press Room Café and Market features Italian dining creations from world-renowned Chef Fabio Viviani of “Top Chef.” Much like on floors two and three, the Press Room Café and Market feature a more industrial look with high ceilings, exposed ductwork, stainless steel shelving and kitchen appliances. Illuminart, a division of Peter Basso Associates, provided architectural lighting design on the project. With budget in mind, three separate areas within the Press Room (bistro and prepared foods, lounge, and coffee shop) use uncomplicated lighting, including track, recessed downlights, and some decorative. “Lamping in the Press Room included all LED and therefore will require minimal maintenance for the owner and staff,” recalls lead lighting designer and Illuminart principal Robert White, IALD, LC, IESNA. “Tracklighting added pop to the local food and product retail section,
Threading the Needle PBA provided MEP engineering for the first-floor renovation, which included additional office space for Quicken Loans. Due to the adjustment in ceiling height to match the original height of 10 feet, MEP distribution systems had to be wellcoordinated and thought out. In several instances on floors one through three, “the systems had to seamlessly transition between exposed and concealed ceilings,” remembers Vanderworp. As a team, PBA and HAA worked diligently to “…adjust paths, duct sizes and equipment locations in historically sensitive locations in order to minimize or in some instances avoid all together any aesthetic disruptions.” A main area of contention, particularly on floors one and two, involved structural anomalies relating to ceiling height variation and low headroom. “The original core and shell distribution design was reworked in order to avoid the need to cross under any of the existing structural members. This approach allowed for HAA to introduce architectural cabinets to discreetly house the mechanical Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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To give the illusion of having higher ceilings, ductwork and conduit were left exposed, which lessened any concerns for feeling boxed in or claustrophobic in the space. Photo courtesy of Hamilton Anderson Associates
while calm, recessed adjustables served to warm portions of the lounge, which includes a fireplace and lounge furniture creating a relaxing, residential feel. In addition, ‘wallwashers’ crisply light the white subway tile around the Café, while decoratives provide warmth and enhanced visibility from the street and sidewalks.” In order to properly heat and ventilate the new Café, two rooftop condensing units were added as well as two air handling units. A new mechanical room was incorporated to accommodate the Café, which included a new air handling unit located above the hallway in the parking garage in order to save space. Makeup air handling units and exhaust fans for the kitchen hoods were also added with the 22-inch main duct purposefully lining up with the pizza oven exhaust vent for an aesthetically pleasing linear effect and then continuing through the garage to the main building into the main lobby, where it meets the stone fireplace. Putting It Together Throughout the project, teamwork was of the utmost importance. In any fast-paced design/construction scenario, making sure members of the AEC team are on the same page, working congruently with each other can mean the difference between a successful project and an unsuccessful one. “PBA took a nontraditional approach to systems design, and that made it possible to incorporate modern systems into historic spaces, with virtually no modification to the historic fabric of the building,” recalls Vanderworp, “while HAA provided the historic preservation and architectural design expertise to ensure a seamless blend between modern and historic design elements throughout the building. This was an incredible team effort, which included dPOP!, HAA, and Bedrock. Together, we were able to successfully pay tribute to the newsmen and women that occupied the building for nearly 100 years, by replicating and restoring historic architectural elements, while incorporating modern and contemporary design features that represent both the Quicken Loans brand and the history of Detroit newspapers.”
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The Michigan State University Grand Rapids Center has been configured to create a plaza at the intersection of Michigan Street and Monroe Avenue, providing an active urban space that engages people and promotes interaction. Photo courtesy of Jason Woods.
MSU’s New Grand Rapids Research Center Joins the Medical Mile Located in downtown Grand Rapids on the “Medical Mile,” the Michigan State University Grand Rapids Center provides research space for approximately 33 principal investigators (PIs) in the domains of obstetrics gynecology and reproductive biology, translational science and molecular medicine, and pediatrics and human development. The project includes wet and dry labs, office space for researchers and administrative staff, and shared common areas like conference rooms and break-out spaces. The project team included Clark Construction Co., Lansing, contractor; SmithGroupJJR, Detroit, Architect of Record; and Ellenzwig, Boston, Massachusetts, design architect and lab planner. The GRRC facility is configured as a seven-story building above ground with six occupied floors and a seventh-floor mechanical penthouse. The basic organization of the building was conceived with carefully zoned building blocks to support the primary goal of the project: a research block consisting of laboratory and lab support spaces in a 1:1 ratio, and parallel office block including offices for the principal investigators (PIs) and administrative support staff. The two blocks are joined by a sky-lit common atrium space with horizontal and vertical connections, providing natural light to the researcher write-up areas and open-office administrative spaces. The horizontal connections are conceived to be sufficiently wide to accommodate discussion areas, soft seating, and coffee break spaces that promote discourse and interaction. 28 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2018
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The building geometry has been configured to create a plaza at the intersection of Michigan Street and Monroe Avenue, providing an active urban space that engages people and promotes interaction. “Rain garden” green space and low seating walls support the ebb and flow of people, expected from within the building and from the neighborhood. The building exterior of the GRRC is designed to represent a building of the future, while referencing MSU’s medical education facility, The Secchia Center, further up Michigan Street. The geographic location of the MSU GRCC is an important consideration in the treatment of the exterior of the building. No more than five months of the year have a mean temperature greater than 50°F, subjecting the building to cold stress for most of the year. The majority of the exterior envelope of the building is proposed to be a combination of insulated metal panel systems and a curtain-wall glazing system, with a total fenestration area of less than 30% of the total exterior wall area of the building. At the rear of the building, the exterior wall treatment includes concrete masonry unit construction up to a height of 14 feet for durability. The zoning of the building blocks allows the efficient configuration of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) appropriate to each building function. The vast majority of glass/glazing faces due south to benefit from solar heat gain in the winter months. All south facing glazing is equipped with horizontal aluminum sun shades anchored to the curtain wall system designed to mitigate solar heat gain in the summer months. Glazing has been minimized on the north and east building facades due to the nature of the program elements in those locations and to increase the thermal performance of the building envelope. The roofing material will be a high-albedo thermoplastic membrane roofing. The structural systems for the superstructure of the building will be constructed of structural steel columns supporting composite steel beam and girders and a composite concrete floor slab. The steel and concrete materials Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
used for construction contained recycled content and are regional materials to the extent possible. Fly ash was used as a replacement of Portland cement, to the extent possible.
Social, Economic and Sustainable Design Considerations Prior to this project, Michigan State University embarked on a path to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 45% by the year 2020. As part of this effort, MSU has made significant progress in lowering its buildings’ energy use intensity (EUI). With these energy goals established at the forefront of the project, the design team knew that the GRRC had to be a highly efficient building with a low carbon footprint, and were tasked with reducing energy consumption to 30 percent better than what the code mandates. Key aspects that highlight the team’s effort to create a sustainable project included: • Sustainability Meetings Early on and Often With sustainable design goals established at the project inception, each phase of the project included a LEED-focused meeting to ensure team members were assigned responsibility for credits and making progress toward achieving the credit. The contractors and commissioning agent were made aware of these goals and were on board early to help achieve them. • A Holistic Approach to Sustainability One of the biggest challenges for the design team was to create an energyefficient building within budget while considering the type of building and activities occurring within the facility. Research laboratories are some of the most energy-intense facilities in the world, especially facilities with live animals. • Architectural Strategies o Insulated metal panel skin with R-22 insulation o Horizontal aluminum sun shades on
the south facade o High albedo thermoplastic membrane roofing, R-25 o Atrium for day-lighting offices, writeup work stations, collaboration spaces and laboratories o Argon-filled glazing • Electrical Strategies o LED lighting standard for the building, with a 0.9W/SF energy footprint o Programmable, digital, addressable, network-based lighting control system with local switching via lowvoltage switches and occupancy sensors o Individual lighting controls, extensive task lighting and bi-level switching for multi-occupant spaces o Full cutoff exterior lighting fixtures to reduce light pollution o Electric vehicle charging stations o High-efficiency transformers and motors o Variable frequency drives for mechanical equipment
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• Mechanical Strategies o Electric centrifugal water-cooled chillers for cooling, with district steam for space heating requirements o Molecular sieve heat wheels capture latent and sensible heat from general exhaust (fume hoods are direct exhaust) o Plate heat exchanger captures sensible heat from exhaust of special areas as appropriate o Lab ventilation rates can drop to match cooling load, or as low as 4 Air Changes per Hour when unoccupied o Fan-assisted chilled beams cool main equipment corridors, not taxing 100% outside air lab AHUs o Steam condensate is reused to preheat domestic hot water via a heat exchanger o Cooling coil condensate is reused as cooling tower water makeup when applicable • Site Strategies o Rain garden plaza design utilizing rainwater collected from building
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o Underground stormwater detention system Demand ventilation, digital building controls, variable frequency drives, LED lighting and daylight harvesting and a high-performance building envelope are strategies that helped to achieve the sustainability goals while meeting the intended function. Building Efficiency The GRRC is a model of efficiency. Estimated at $385 per gross square foot, the budget was targeted at enhancing the research space as a primary goal. Little material was wasted in the development and organization of the interior spaces, resulting in a 54% efficient facility, including the building’s vast atrium. Achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) LEED is a tracking system created by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), intended for use by Architects and Engineers in the design of new buildings and
renovations. MSU requires a minimum certification rating of Silver in all building projects. While LEED was the minimum Silver requirement, the GRRC was able to meet LEED Gold standards – a feat for this level of research facility. ASHRAE 90.1, 2007 (Energy Standard for All Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential) ASHRAE 90.1, 2007 is a standard that provides minimum requirements for energy-efficient designs for buildings. A prerequisite of LEED requires the proposed building design to exceed ASHRAE 90.1, 2007 by a minimum of 10% energy cost reduction, and points are accumulated starting with a 12% reduction. The current design exceeds ASHRAE 90.1-2007 by a 30.3% energy cost reduction. An energy model was performed for the building as designed, and updated through the construction documentation of the project. The projected energy use
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The interior of the MSU Research Center features a sky-lit common atrium space with horizontal and vertical connections, providing natural light to the researcher write-up areas and open-office administrative spaces. Photo courtesy of Oguz Baykal (copyright Ellenzwig 2017).
intensity (pEUI) for the building is 76.5 kBtu/sf/yr. When compared to the adjusted Labs national average of 277 kBtu/sf/yr for similar laboratory buildings, the GRRC’s building energy consumption is projected at 28% of this average. In other words, for similar building types with a carbon footprint at 100%, the GRRC is projected to be 72% carbon neutral (as calculated by the American Institute of Architects). Greenhouse Gas Reduction The energy savings of the proposed building design compared to the minimum requirements of ASHRAE 90.1, 2007 is equivalent to a Greenhouse Gas reduction of 722 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide. Subcontractors List Drywall & Acoustical The Bouma Corp. 4101 Roger B. Chaffee SE Grand Rapids, MI 49548 Landscape Fencing Couturier Iron Craft Inc. 5050 W. River Dr. NE Comstock Park, MI 49321 Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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An energy dashboard within the school shows students the amount of electricity being generated daily by the demonstration rooftop solar array and the school’s at-grade, vertical spire wind turbine shown above.
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t Midland’s new Central Park Elementary School, the building is almost part of the curriculum in this innovative 21st Century schoolhouse. Virtually every building material and system is used as a teaching tool in the 90,000-square-foot educational facility designed by French Associates, Inc., Rochester, and built by Barton Malow Co., Southfield. Playing basketball becomes a geometry lesson as students dribble the ball across a gym floor showcasing a diagram of an acute angle and other geometric principles. A living wall of green plants may spark curiosity about the biological sciences, and some of the plants themselves may eventually be used in the school cafeteria. A placard posted next to the living wall offers a basic, written description of the domestic water and drainage systems making this edible lushness possible. Strategic Energy Solutions (SES), Berkley, became part of this inspired learning experience, not only as the engineering firm responsible for designing the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems (MEPFp), but also as part of the educational instruction itself. Interestingly, SES Project Manager Kevin Bouchey served as a type of “guest instructor” who described the general purpose of the building’s exposed MEP systems in simple, child-friendly language now posted on placards throughout this STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) school. Thanks to these unique learning approaches in this hands-on, inquiry-based school, the slightly more than 800 K-5 students of Central Park Elementary have learned the ABCs of the school’s own building systems: • A is for Amp – “Students are building a periscope to view the 5 kW photovoltaic panels on the roof,” said SES Electrical Engineer Rich Coburn. • B is for Boiler – In the media center, students peer through a custom viewing window showcasing the school’s boiler room, along with associated pumps and a large air-handling unit. Turning the metal crank of a device activates a voice recording explaining the basic workings of the boiler and other pieces of equipment. • C is for Conduit – Exposed conduit, ductwork, piping, and cable trays travel down the length of the open ceilings. Placards on the 34 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2018
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wall explain the systems typically hidden above the ceiling, and in some cases, in the walls. In this living textbook of a building, “two different viewing windows in the restroom walls display plumbing chases, one with cast iron piping and the other with PVC,” said SES Lead Mechanical Engineer Nathan Stalker. The MEP trade contractors, including mechanical contractor William E. Walter, Inc. and electrical contractor William F. Nelson Electric, Inc., both of Saginaw, had to thoughtfully install the exposed building systems. Because all the piping is exposed, “we even had notes in our drawings about lining up the pipe labels to make sure they could be read from the same “direction,” said Stalker. Because of this educational game of “show and tell,” Central Park Elementary students now know the basics of how solar panels function and what heats the school building in the winter. The exposed systems show how water travels to the faucet and how electricity and air move through a building, not to mention the flow of rainwater from a building’s downspout to a plant-filled bio-swale. Students track rainwater flowing through clear glass piping and into a rain barrel. Rainwater pours into a creek-like, concrete channel cut into the outside pavement before meandering its way into a bio-swale designed to use native plants to filter salt and chemicals from the harvested rainwater. The bio-swale creates an outdoor classroom for students to perform experiments and to learn first-hand about erosion, filtration, and botany. “A walkway around the perimeter of the swale even has handrails deliberately installed on a 45degree angle to allow students to take notes and record observations for class,” said Bouchey. Star Pupils Central Park Elementary students are becoming budding scholars of both MEP and natural systems. One of the school’s playgrounds has a three-dimensional representation of our solar system, the sun and planets being a series of half-spheres set in a track-like series of lines, or orbits. A domed climbing structure is a type of play planetarium in this imaginative and Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
This STEM Studio offers an overhead view of the MEP systems responsible for making the school building fully operational.
instructional playground. Stand beneath the covered top of the dome and watch as sunlight streaming through pinholes in the dome material transforms daylight into starlight and showcases the glowing patterns of a host of constellations. Teachers in this STEM elementary school are witnessing an even more amazing transformation. “A school official was giving a group tour, and she said that the students who would usually be her problem students are now excelling,” said Bouchey. “They are now her shining stars. Instead of having to sit at a desk and listen, they actually get to explore on their own, work with their hands, and interact with others. It’s a psychological paradigm shift, and the interesting part is how this building is conducive to that type of learning.” Funded by community philanthropy and part of an eight-year, $121 million bond program, the $21 million facility is part of the transformative wave of change reshaping the nation’s learning spaces. In lieu of traditional classrooms, “every grade forms its own community of five learning studios, each opening up to a central, shared STEM studio via a glass overhead door,” according to SES-supplied information. “Central Park’s STEM studios are designed to be part of each grade’s curriculum, and are put to use each and every day.”
E L E C T R I C A L Midland Public Schools now gives tours of this one-of-a-kind place of learning to school districts across the country. Central Park Elementary is the only STEM, Title 1, and International Baccalaureate® Primary Years Programme (PYP) school in the country. Title 1 is dedicated to improving the academic achievement of schools with high numbers of low-income students, and PYP offers a transdisciplinary framework with a strong emphasis on inquiry-based learning. Central Park Elementary uses the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum as well. According to the organization’s website, PLTW is a nonprofit organization empowering K-12 students to solve problems and to think critically and creatively, and also to develop and apply in-demand, transportable skills by exploring real-world challenges. This innovative school itself is having a real-world impact not only on students but also on the local neighborhood as well. “What were once perhaps not the most desirable neighborhoods in Midland became higher on the list of places to buy a home, because of this new school,” said Bouchey referring to a comment of a Midland Public Schools official.
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E L E C T R I C A L Central Park Embraces Sustainability Central Park Elementary replaced two aging elementary schools in the district, and now stands on the site of a vacant middle school, itself the former home of the district’s high school. Under Barton Malow, the middle school’s obsolete classroom wings were demolished. The existing auditorium, gymnasium and cafeteria were all repurposed. The early 1930s Art Deco auditorium was turned into a stand-alone building, while the gymnasium and cafeteria were incorporated into the new building’s footprint, the existing gymnasium being converted into a new cafeteria and kitchen and the former cafeteria transformed into a new media center. The new mechanical and electrical systems serving these repurposed spaces are as transformative as the new school’s learning model. “The existing auditorium, gymnasium, and cafeteria all had steam heat, which is about the least efficient you could use for that type of system,” said Stalker. “Getting rid of the steam heat, which is a savings itself, was one of the drivers for upgrading all of the mechanical systems.”
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The domestic water and drainage systems servicing the school’s Living Wall are exposed and in full view of the students.
New high-efficiency condensing boilers, variable flow chilled and hot water systems, and ventilation systems with energy recovery wheels designed to reuse waste heat serve the new school and the three repurposed spaces, including the existing gymnasiumturned-cafeteria that formerly had a once-through ventilation system without any heat recovery. The Strategic Energy Solutions’ team describes the new energy-efficient MEP systems servicing Central Park Elementary: High-Efficiency Condensing Boilers Four high-efficiency condensing boilers service Central Park Elementary School. “These particular condensing boilers can be 97 to 98 percent efficient under the right conditions,” said Stalker. For the boiler curious, Stalker offers a basic explanation of how a high-efficiency condensing boiler works: “The flue gases leave a conventional, non-condensing boiler at a higher temperature, resulting in more energy going out the boiler stack. The condensing boiler takes advantage of the water vapor present in the flue gases. The high-efficiency condensing boiler makes use of the energy associated with changing the water from a vapor to a liquid. Essentially, by condensing, we take advantage of the latent energy available in the flue gases. We get an energy advantage from this change of state, the caveat being you have to be able to take cooler water back to the boiler system for optimal energy efficiency.”
On-Demand Water Sustainability is in the water at Central Park Elementary. In addition to low-flow plumbing fixtures, “all of the distribution systems in the building for the hot water/chilled water are variable flow, and they are variable flow to the auditorium as well,” said Stalker. “We have variable frequency drives on all the pumps, allowing us to distribute and move just the amount of water needed.” Stalker explains further: “Most of the system has two-way control valves, and as those close, the pumps reduce speed, which reduces the amount of energy used by the system. The pumps vary their speed based on differential pressure, which is influenced by which units are operating.” Central Park Elementary has demand control ventilation and carbon dioxide-based sensors capable of adjusting, based on the number of people, the introduction of outside air into the spaces. “Reducing the amount of outside air creates another source of energy savings,” said Stalker. The system is particularly helpful for the gymnasium, cafeteria and similar spaces with fluctuating occupancy levels. Unit Ventilators and ECMs Individual unit ventilators serve the airhandling needs of every classroom. Each of the roughly 30 unit ventilators in Central Park Elementary has an energy recovery wheel to take full advantage of the unit’s waste heat. In line with the concept of the building as teacher, according to Stalker, each wing of “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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the building equips one unit ventilator with a pair of modest-sized windows to strike a balance between the ability to view its workings but still maintain acoustic control. Students peer through these windows into a more sustainable world to view the turning of the energy recovery wheel and to see the heating and cooling coil, one of two fans, and the other inner workings of a vital piece of equipment that serves as the “lungs” of the school’s classrooms. Students also glimpse the electronically commutated motor (ECM) powering the supply air fan. What can’t be seen is the tremendous amount of energy being saved via the use of the ECM motor. “ECMs use significantly less power,” said Stalker. “I would say an ECM uses maybe about 20 to 30 percent of the power than an old school fan of that size would use.” According to the blog titled Building Energy Resilience: Ideas to Fuel a Sustainable Built Environment, shaded pole (induction) motors have an efficiency range of 15 to 25 percent; permanent split capacitor (brushed DC) motors have an efficiency of 30 to 50 percent; and electronically commutated motors have an efficiency range of 60 to 75 percent plus. “Five years ago, ECMs were less common,” said Stalker. “When we did this design, ECMs were only used on about half of all small electric motors, and now virtually everyone offers them. ECMs are now being applied to more equipment all the time, including larger equipment and motors. The available size range keeps increasing because of the efficiency of the ECMs.” Equipped with ECM-powered fans, “each unit ventilator has a 32-inch-by-32-inch vertical footprint placed against the outside wall to draw in ventilation air,” explained Bouchey. “This self-contained unit allows controllability on a space-by-space basis. Each teacher in each classroom can control and create the ideal environment in that space.”
SES also designed dimmable LED lighting throughout the building and site exterior. “We have a combination of LED linear and some playful, round-shaped LED lights in the interior STEM spaces,” said Coburn. “All exterior LED lights are mounted on new poles.” The electrical and the mechanical systems work together to showcase the building’s sustainable systems, including track lighting equipped with specialty grow lights designed to nurture the school’s living wall of plants and to draw attention to this attractive natural feature. Linear LED ceiling fixtures frame and highlight large circulating ceiling fans and other HVAC equipment to literally shine the light on the building’s MEP systems. “We all worked together in the ceiling space to make it happen,” said Coburn, “including installing lighting in the viewing windows of the plumbing chases to highlight the piping coming through the walls.”
The Energy Dashboard Once completed, the student-built periscope will be mounted in the media center and will allow kids to catch a glimpse of a renewable energy future in the form of 20 photovoltaic panels. An energy dashboard will show students the amount of electricity being generated daily by the demonstration rooftop solar array and the school’s at-grade, vertical spire wind turbine. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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For the electrical system as a whole, SES actually repurposed a transformer and a distribution panel that once serviced the now demolished former middle school. “We moved the transformer and distribution panel and brought them up to code,” said Coburn.
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fire pumps, as well. The project team had to first tackle a host of complex issues to bring the existing auditorium, gymnasium and cafeteria into the 21st Century. • Stand-Alone Auditorium: Removal of the auditorium’s vintage equipment, much of it original to the building, was an intricate extraction. Because the main air handling room for the auditorium is in the basement, Barton Malow had to oversee excavation, the cutting of the building’s exterior wall, removal of the old equipment, installation of new air handling equipment, and the patching of the exterior wall. Strategic Energy Solutions had to take the auditorium off-line to reactivate electrical service. To make it happen, the company conducted early investigative work to analyze the connection points and the status of the existing electrical panels. “Some of the lighting was connected to panels that weren’t there any longer,” said Coburn. “They had just been cut off. Because many of the remaining electrical panels
In this unconventional version of “show and tell,” a viewing window has been cut into the wall to display a plumbing chase. Lighting was installed to make the chase more visible.
were no longer active, we had to re-feed and re-activate them with our new electrical service.” • Gymnasium to Cafeteria: In helping to convert the existing gymnasium into a new cafeteria and kitchen, Strategic Energy Solutions made full use of the sheer height of the former gymnasium by designing an indoor mechanical mezzanine in the upper reaches of the space. The mezzanine provided a spacious mechanical area with ample room for a new air-conditioning system that did not exist in the former gym. The gymnasium originally rested on a crawl space that once housed a fan room and other mechanical equipment. Barton Malow’s construction team actually had to fill in this crawl space by hand to make way for a new corridor along the face of the new cafeteria. “In order to reuse the big-box gym, new walls were needed, but it didn’t make sense to put these walls on top of the existing supported slab that was above a crawl space,” according to SESsupplied information. “The slab had to be removed and the crawl space filled with sand. However, due to its construction over the crawl space, the floor was not able to support the weight of the construction equipment.” The 38 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2018
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construction team had to infill the crawl space by hand until the floor assembly was strong enough to support the heavier equipment necessary to complete the remainder of the work. • Cafeteria to Media Center: The original cafeteria’s existing kitchen and mechanical room were gutted and the space converted into a media center and classroom with brand new MEP systems. Central Park Elementary School celebrated its grand opening in fall 2017. Dow Chemical Company CEO Andrew Liveris and Midland Mayor Maureen Donker both spoke at the event. Group tours were conducted and the entire community had the opportunity to witness the students in action. Both young minds and hands were engaged in activities from programming robots to working on their own projects in the STEM studios. Few students were sitting in desks with hands folded and listening to a teacher at a whiteboard. “I was able to see students interacting in the space, and it was a neat experience,” said Bouchey. On a daily basis, architects, engineers, and contractors design and build hospitals, corporate offices, stadiums, hotels, libraries, and a host of other spaces. At Central Park Elementary School, Midland Public Schools, French Associates, Barton Malow Company, and Strategic Energy Solutions had the opportunity to build the future, not only for these 800 fortunate students, but also for the untold numbers of new pupils who will pass through the doors of this unique STEM school in the coming years.
• Testing Consultants: McDowell & Associates, Midland Trade Contractors: • Aluminum Entrances – Architectural Glazing Systems, Mount Morris • AV Systems – Innovative Communications, Inc., Saginaw • Brick Supplier – Redland Brick, Inc., Williamsport, Maryland • Classroom AV – Master Electric, Inc., Gladwin • Concrete & Carpentry – Wobig Construction, Saginaw • Electrical – William F. Nelson Electric, Inc., Saginaw • Entrance System Supplier – SpecialLite, Decatur • Fire Suppression – Phantom Fire Protection, Hale • Flooring – Flooring Edge, Kimball • Flooring Supplier – Shaw Industries, Inc., Dalton, Georgia • General Trades – The E & L Construction Group, Inc., Flint • HVAC Equipment Supplier – Daiken Applied, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Insulation, Firestopping and Sealant Supplier – Dow, Midland • Masonry – Boettcher Masonry, Bay City • Mechanical – William E. Walter, Inc., Saginaw • Painting – Murray Painting Company, Freeland • Playground Equipment – Sinclair Recreation, LLC, Holland • Roofing – Streng Roofing and Sheet Metal, Chesaning • Roofing Supplier – Duro-Last, Inc., Saginaw • Steel – Men of Steel, Marlette • Site Work – Fisher Companies, Midland • Structural Steel Supplier – New Millennium Building Systems, Butler, Indiana • Water Heater Supplier – Aerco, lauvelt, New York
The following firms contributed to the design and construction of Central Park Elementary School: • Owner: Midland Public Schools, Midland • General Contractor and Technology: Barton Malow Company, Southfield • Architect: French Associates, Rochester • MEPFp Engineer: Strategic Engineer Solutions, Inc., Berkley • Civil Engineer: Spalding DeDecker, Rochester Hills • Landscape Architect: Michael J. Dul & Associates, Inc., Birmingham • Structural Engineer: Shymanski & Associates LLC, Livonia • Food Service Design: Cii Food Service Design, Lapeer Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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inuous, sleek, and sculptural, the newly renovated and expanded Cauley Ferrari of Detroit dealership in West Bloomfield is more car than building. With its curves and canted angles, the wraparound addition simulates the speed and fluidity of a Ferrari in motion. In designing the exterior of two additions for the only Ferrari dealership in Michigan, inFORM studio was given a single directive from the Italian automaker: Make it silver. Given wide design latitude on the building exterior, the quicksilver talents of this Northville-based architectural firm created a sculpted building in perfect alignment with the legendary Ferrari brand. DCC Construction, Inc., Davison, used its own talents and depth of experience in constructing automotive dealerships throughout southeastern Michigan to build the structure’s complex geometry. Like a race car taking a tight turn, the wraparound addition segues from a straight to a curved wall as it rounds a corner and visibly leans forward on a strong obtuse angle. “What we were aiming to achieve on the exterior was a sense of speed and implied movement,” said inFORM studio Principal and Design Director Cory Lavigne. To make it happen, DCC Construction oversaw “the production of hundreds of structural steel shop drawings to manage the uncommon steel connections,” said DCC Chief Operating Officer Jason Orchard. DCC Construction then self-performed the installation of a grid of structural metal studs infilling the steel frame. This dense weave of metal became the blank canvas for the placement of the silver aluminum composite material (ACM) panels; red ACM panels accent the entry and canopy. As the first step in a detailed process, a point cloud laser scan of the actual structural steel and metal stud framework was conducted to assist the metal panel fabricator in meeting the precision tolerances required to achieve a flawless merge of metal skin to steel. The end result is an impeccably crafted building and a perfect showcase for the iconic Ferrari cars within the 53,000-squarefoot dealership. “We wanted the building to reflect the Ferrari brand and its reputation for refined craftsmanship,” said Lavigne. The box-like rear addition offered a respite from such taxing geometry. Lavigne describes this addition as a “pragmatic box” 40 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2018
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designed to showcase rather than compete with the car.” On the interior finishes, inForm studio worked with the Fortebis Group, a Milano, Italy-based architectural firm responsible for the interior prototypes of Ferrari dealerships worldwide.
Under a soaring ceiling and floating stair, the visitor is introduced to this iconic brand embodied in the Ferrari Red reception area and in the backlit fabric wall displaying the power of a Ferrari F1 race car.
housing a second-level parking garage, and three paint booths, a detailing station, a service and repair area, and a two-story vehicle lift. With one addition resembling the aerodynamic shape of a Ferrari vehicle and the other servicing this luxury brand, Cauley Ferrari truly has a building in a class of its own. Ferrari has already given the new expansion and remodeling effort its stamp of approval. None other than Ferrari Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne and Ferrari North America President Matteo Torre attended the grand opening on May 11, 2018.
an articulated red metal form, which marks the main entry to the building interior,” said Lavigne. “Once you move into the building, it becomes less about the building and more about the car,” continued Lavigne. “Most of the finishes are very understated and gallery-like. The neutral tones are
Building the Team A network of existing business relationships fueled the design and construction of this signature building. In the past, inFORM studio has designed a number of projects for the dealership, including a lobby refresh and a paint booth addition. Cauley Ferrari President Jeff Cauley contacted inFORM studio in 2014 to begin a design conversation on the dealership’s building expansion program. The dealership then accelerated its renovation plans after Ferrari contacted its global dealership network to update the brand image of its buildings, according to Lavigne. DCC Construction came on board in the construction document phase to review the drawings from a cost-control perspective. Originally, Cauley’s long-time, trusted builder was selected as general contractor, but being semi-retired, he passed the baton to DCC Construction. “We had a business relationship with the original contractor, and he knew we were well-equipped to handle the project, having done many Chevy dealership
How Much Is that Car in the Window? Every driver along Orchard Lake Road near 14 Mile can share in the Ferrari experience. The very front of the building forms a tightly rounded curve similar to the prow of a ship, according to Lavigne. On either side of the “prow,” second-story display windows, each angled and outlined in lights, showcase a Ferrari vehicle to drivers along this busy roadway. At night, the illuminated showroom adds to the glow. All of the windows are glazed with low-iron glass. This type of glass offers greater clarity, because it eliminates the slight green tinge of more commonly used glass. At Cauley Ferrari, the lowiron glass offers a great view of the cars within and of a bold, fabric graphic of a F1 Ferrari race car taking a tight turn at top speed. At night, LED tape, embedded with rows of small LED lights, illuminates this wall-size image. “Visually, the backlit F1 Wall just blasts through the glass,” said Lavigne. “The clarity of the glass during the day and at night is incredible.” The concrete drive under the entrance canopy actually sparkles, thanks to the addition of glass stone broadcast in the concrete mix. To welcome visitors to the dealership door, “we also introduced Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Welcome to the Configuration Room. Niches stocked with different types of car seats, rims, steering wheels, and other options turn this space into the coveted inner sanctum where customers personalize their own Ferrari vehicle.
remodels, additions, and rebuilds,” said DCC Project Manager Joshua Morris. Car-Friendly Construction DCC signed the contract on May 12, 2016. “The day that we officially signed the contract was almost two years to the day of the grand opening on May 11, 2018,” said DCC’s Orchard. May is golden for this luxury brand: The Ferrari 125 Sport, the very first vehicle to bear the Ferrari name, debuted on May 11, 1947, at the Piacenza racing circuit in Italy. The dealership established a temporary showroom in the Cauley Performance Center, but
continued to operate its service division in its original location for an extended period of time. “What we've learned with all the dealerships that we work with is that as soon as we set foot on the site, we impact how they do their business,” said Orchard. “Because we learn how they operate and how they do their service, we can integrate and work with them from the very beginning as a team.” As the opening salvo of this two-year transformation, DCC Construction began demolition of the existing drywall, metal panels, and glass storefront windows of the original building’s front façade. Next step: DCC Construction officially
launched construction on the rear addition on June 1, 2016. By August 2016, the footings were in place and concrete foundations were being poured. For both of these car-centric additions, the structural design of the concrete and steel accommodates the weight of the cars and then some. “They over-design it by a certain percentage to allow for fluctuations in the number of cars in the building,” said Orchard. The interior is a roadway of sorts. In the rear addition, a vehicle lift brings these coveted cars from the first-level to the second-floor parking garage. Cars can be driven from the garage in the back to a second-level mezzanine in the front of the building via a drivable, outdoor terrace. This route offers easy transport of the display vehicles showcased in Michigan’s version of Museo Ferrari, the automaker’s museum located in founder Enzo Ferrari’s hometown of Maranello, Italy. At the Cauley Ferrari dealership, visitors can peruse a 71year timeline of Ferrari craftsmanship in the form of a graphic wall display. Of course, the star attraction is the sight of a Testarossa, an Enzo, and other vehicles on exhibit. To make a car-friendly floor, “the second-floor mezzanine has an elevated structural slab with fused steel studs,” said Morris. “Because of the fused studs, the concrete actually locks in as part of the structure after the concrete is poured and cured. The floor is not just a floating slab of concrete on metal decking.” For the finish flooring, both the first-level showroom and the mezzanine are clad in two-byfour-feet porcelain ceramic tile imported from Italy. The flooring contractor first applied a thin-set concrete over the structural slab because “when you have cars driving on these large-size tiles the subfloor must be as flat as possible to prevent tile breakage,” said Morris. Advanced Field Geometry For the wraparound addition, translating this fluid building’s multiplicity of rounded curves and canted angles into structural steel and metal panels was a field course in advanced geometry. In general, the main part of the addition slices on a diagonal to the
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northeast and a smaller portion faces due north. In terms of specific areas, the two most challenging areas to construct were the front “prow” and the exterior wall of a second-level balcony terrace, according to Morris. The prow calls for the structure to form a series of rounded curves, diagonals and canted angles – and sometimes all three at the same time. For the outdoor terrace, the exterior wall cants, or leans forward, while sloping downward and entering a curve. The terrace wall almost resembles the aerodynamic curve of metal cresting over the rear tires of a Ferrari vehicle. Hundreds of shop drawings were needed for the building’s precision steel assembly and its host of atypical connections. “We went through 332 steel detail drawings,” said Morris. “We had to get down to every nitty-gritty detail of how the steel came together. We had 95 RFIs just for the structural steel alone, because we had to make sure we had every “I” dotted and every “T” crossed on a project of this complexity.”
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Grasshopper was used to define the algorithm that rationalized the complex façade geometry.” He went on to explain that “essentially, this workflow allowed us to make adjustments to the original 3D model that would meet the tolerances retained from the point cloud scan of the structural metal frame. We then provided Wolverine with the modified Rhino model, which they converted into machine-readable output to fabricate the metal panel.” Beyond point clouds and software, the metal panel fabricator “had to actually buy special rollers and custom jigs to form some of these curves,” added Morris. Smart Insulation The innovation continues beneath the metal panels. “We used a SMARTci insulation exoskeleton, which is a very thick, dense insulation board,” said Morris. “With those boards comes a metal girt system that pieces the boards together like a puzzle to give the system structural integrity.”
Bringing the Building Out of the Cloud After placement of thousands of lineal feet of structural metal studs, achieving a sleek fit of panels and steel demanded fabricating metal panels with extremely tight tolerances. The seeds of this successful installation were planted during the design process. “Early in the design process, a 3D digital model was developed that represented the outer surface of the architectural envelope,” according to inFORM studio-supplied information. “It was part of the permitting and bidding process, and the final deliverable to the construction team. The model was also used as a reference resource throughout construction. This innovative and industry-leading practice allowed the construction team to translate defined points and vertices of the flat and curved panels within the digital model to the outside skin of the architectural envelope.” For fabrication purposes, the original design model had to be altered to achieve exacting tolerances. Wolverine Enclosures, Inc., the Alleganbased ACM panel trade contractor, subcontracted with a firm called Nederveld to conduct a point cloud laser scan of the structural frame and metal stud infill. “The laser scan of the exterior was performed to obtain accurate virtual as-built conditions of the constructed framing,” according to inFORM studio. “The accuracy of the data received from this scan enabled the design team to evaluate and adjust the envelope of the 3D digital model to properly reflect the as-built conditions prior to panel fabrication.” Lavigne explains further: “Basically, the point cloud is converted into useable data that we import into our 3D BIM Model. Once the data was converted and saved in Revit, it was brought into a second 3D program called Rhinoceros, which hosts a scripting software called Grasshopper. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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TOP: Inspired design, precision construction, and the use of a point cloud laser scan turned a building into a race car. The wraparound addition segues from a straight to a curved wall as it rounds a corner and visibly leans forward on a strong obtuse angle. BOTTOM: DCC Construction self-performed the installation of a dense grid of structural metal studs to create the substrate for the placement of the ACM panels. The lean or canted angle of the building creates a sense of speed and implied movement.
SMARTci offers a host of benefits. “The fiberglass panel eliminates any thermal break, or bridging, altogether,” said Lavigne. “No exterior sheathing is required, because SMARTci essentially is an exterior sheathing. Once it is taped, it also serves as an integral air and vapor barrier all in one.” From a construction perspective, this insulation exoskeleton allowed DCC Construction to begin interior work more quickly. “One of the challenges of construction has always been that you can’t start work on the interior until you have temperature and moisture control,” said Orchard. “Once installed, SMARTci basically provides a working building skin. We could start to work on interior finishes and heat the building without waiting for work on the exterior metal panels to reach completion.” Thanks to SMARTci, work could progress while the project team perfected the tolerances of the exterior metal panels on this challenging structure. The rear addition is a basic square framed in steel and clad in more conventional insulated ACM panels. The panels are pre-finished on both sides to blend with the white-painted, exposed cross-bracing on the interior and the silver panels of the wraparound addition. DCC Construction also remodeled existing spaces, including the secondary showroom. A new two-stage epoxy floor and the painting of the red ductwork white were among the alterations in this space. “The epoxy floor matches the color of the Italian porcelain ceramic tile on the showroom floor, which gives the owner a very nice finished-looking floor at a much more affordable price than the two-by-four tile from Italy,” said Morris.
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An Across-the-Pond Supply Chain DCC Construction successfully navigated a host of project management obstacles, including the construction industry’s current labor shortage, low steel inventories, owner-driven changes, and working with overseas suppliers on language, currency and measurement differences. “Overcoming the language barrier meant that all of our communications had to be done via email, using a translating software built into Microsoft Outlook,” said Morris. DCC Construction worked with a host of Italian vendors, including importing the entire red leatherclad and stainless steel reception desk as a single unit, along with an assortment of pre-built custom display niches formed of Plexiglas and outlined in red metal trim. DCC Construction self-performed the construction of openings exactly sized to match the custom niches on route from Italy. The most extensive use of the backlit, custom niches is in the Configuration Room, or atelier. Niches stocked with different types of car seats, rims, steering wheels, and other options, along with different colors of leather seating and brake calipers, turn this space into the coveted inner sanctum where customers personalize their own Ferrari vehicle. “Customers come to this room to build their own cars, right down to the color of stitching in the leather interior,” said Morris. Customers have access to Ferrari’s configuration software, allowing them to actually view their custom vehicles on a video screen. Converting imperial to metric measurements compounded the difficulty of achieving a precision fit of opening to custom niche. The same challenge bedeviled the installation of the red lacquer glass walls in the reception lobby and other areas as well. “Accuracy of measurement was extremely crucial as these finish pieces of glass were all cut and made to exact measurements in Italy and then shipped to the construction site for installation straight out of the box,” said Morris. “Our in-house carpenters went as far as purchasing special tape measures that were in centimeters to help with the converting process.” DCC Construction also worked with Italian vendors to obtain the signature white furniture in place throughout the dealership. “We worked through agents to schedule a container ship, and for it to be delivered on time,” added Morris.
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brightening the Ferrari models showcased in the large display windows. “It is all custom-bent metal used to create the channels in which the lights rest,” said Morris. “Overall, the building has backlit graphics, backlit niches, vertical cove lighting, and many other types of lighting all contained in a $300,000 light fixture package.” Another owner-driven alteration was converting a large swath of second-floor ceiling from a flat to a sloped one. “The change was literally made two weeks before we started running the studs up into the space,” said Morris. “The owner wanted a slanted ceiling to go with the flow of the rest of the building, and it was a perfect choice that we knew was going to improve the end product. We built a small soffit to tie the newly sloped section into the flat ceiling on the other side of the second floor.” A later revision added a comfortable touch to a mezzanine section dubbed Casa Ferrari, the name of Enzo Ferrari’s original farmhouse near the main straight of the Fiorano race circuit in Italy. “A fireplace was added in this area of the mezzanine when DCC was well under construction,” said Lavigne. Paired with a slanted wall, the three-sided peninsula fireplace, its custom-stitched leather bench seating, and collection of comfortable sofas and chairs pays homage to the original Casa Ferrari. A yellow plaque, bearing the Ferrari logo and from
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The interior’s eggshell white walls with red metal accents and bold carcentric graphics are designed to showcase rather than compete with the actual showroom vehicles. Photo: Peter MiChael PhotograPhy studio
Enzo Ferrari’s actual home, hangs above the fireplace mantle; a large painting of his Old World home completes this relaxing space. Leather and Chrome Pure excellence on the exterior and within the interior was the driving goal. Step into the lobby and the reception desk, clad in red leather and featuring Ferrari’s famous logo of a prancing horse in chrome, subtly draws the visitor into the world of The Car. Behind the desk, the Ferrari name in large chrome letters glimmers against the red lacquer glass wall. In the lobby’s soaring, open ceiling, a floating stair turns at an angle midway in its ascent from the showroom to the mezzanine, bringing the Ferrari flair to the interior. In crafting the angled floating stair, “the steel arrived on site cut a little longer in both directions, and it was field-welded to make the final connection,” said Morris. “The final cut wasn’t made until the stair settled into the perfect spot and at the ideal angle.” The staircase as a whole begins in a narrow, LEDilluminated slot hidden behind the reception area wall, the wall once serving as the original front of the dealership. The stair emerges into the upper heights of the lobby through a portal cut in between the building’s original column structure, according to Lavigne. As it climbs, the glass enclosing this
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floating stair and the mezzanine railing makes possible a grand view of Ferrari vehicles displayed on the showroom below and in the mezzanine itself. “The atypical glass panels in the stair are different sizes and are placed at different angles,” said Morris. “It had to be fabricated based on actual field dimensions.” On the mezzanine level, the large porcelain ceramic and a wood-simulated porcelain ceramic tile join on an angle. The angle steers the eye toward the entrance to an outdoor balcony terrace with comfortable furniture and a flooring surface clad in Ipe wood. This exotic, long-lived wood is part of a floating floor, or raised panel system, perched on pedestals and set roughly 10 inches above a rubber membrane and roof drain system. The entire building has all the class of a Ferrari. In the showroom, the interior’s eggshell white walls with red metal accents and bold car-centric graphics direct attention to the vehicles themselves. Offices, wrapped in smoky gray-tinted glass walls, offer a space for dealers and customers. A delivery area is used for the ceremonial delivery of the vehicle to its new owner. With a direct connection to the exterior, the Ferrari owner is able to take his or her new vehicle from the delivery bay onto the open road. The fortunate Ferrari owner even has a permanent home within the dealership in
the form of a well-appointed lounge. In this welcoming, comfortably furnished space, the owner is surrounded by legendary moments in Ferrari history, showcased with monographs, images and small models. Two years of construction has produced this refined interior and an aerodynamic exterior that could be viewed as a two-story-high sculpture. “When you are working on a project day in and day out, you get caught up in the details,” said Morris. “At the end of the day, when you stand back, you see a true piece of modern art that is Cauley Ferrari. The Cauley Ferrari additions and renovations has become a flagship project for DCC Construction’s portfolio.” And it is certainly a flagship dealership for devoted aficionados of the Ferrari brand. The following companies participated in the creation of the newly expanded and renovated Cauley Ferrari of Detroit: • Owner – Cauley Ferrari of Detroit, West Bloomfield • Architect – inFORM studio, Northville • Construction Manager – DCC Construction, Inc., Lapeer • Structural Engineer – Robert Darvas Associates, Ann Arbor • Civil Engineer & Landscape Architect –
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Leica Geosystems Introduces Latest GNSS Technology Smart Antenna for Construction
The Cordless Bosch GHO12V08 12V Max Planer Combines Great Design with Impressive Speed Ease of use is important in every power tool, but none more than the cordless planer. The Bosch GHO12V-08 12V Max Planer is designed for easy, balanced operation in a compact design for a cordless planer. At about the same size as a hand plane, the GHO12V-08 power planer has 2.2 inches of planing width and a single-pass planing depth of up to 0.08 inch. With an efficient Bosch EC Brushless motor, this cordless planer delivers fast stock removal and a smooth finish. The tool offers long runtime, planing up to 33 feet of one-inch wide hardwood per amp hour (Ah). The planer is ideal for a variety of wood application, including door trimming. The Bosch GHO12V-08 12V Max planer features impressive power thanks to its brushless motor. The planer offers fast planing speed of up to 14,500 rpm, and with constant speed circuitry it monitors and maintains speed under load for consistent performance. Depth adjustment is quick and easy. The tool can create rabbet cuts of up to 0.7 inch. At only 3.3 lbs (tool only, not including battery), the cordless planer is light and manageable. The planer housing is machined from a single piece of aluminum block to ensure stability and to reduce vibration. It’s designed with an optimized, deep balance point to help ensure even planing.
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Leica Geosystems recently introduced the new Leica iCON gps 70 T smart antenna as part of its Leica iCON gps 70 series for reliable and easy stake-out jobs on any construction site. Measurement results become quicker and more accurate with the gps 70 T’s permanent tilt compensation, resistance to magnetic interferences and calibration-free usage. With the iCON gps 70 T, construction professionals can measure and stakeout points quickly, without the need to keep the pole vertical to level the bubble. The combination of the latest GNSS technology and inertial measurement unit (IMU) equips the gps 70 T with true tilt compensation. The tilt compensation extends the measurement possibilities, improves quality and accuracy of the collected data, and reduces errors. The iCON gps 70 Series is seamlessly integrated into the version 4.0 of the iCON field software. By keeping the core central interface, users will benefit from the simple-to-use workflows that require less training and avoid costly downtime. "We are excited to announce a new smart antenna technology that changes the life of the construction professional," says Matthias Schmidt, Leica Geosystems program manager for field software and 3D sensors. "Operators can now focus more on the job itself than on one single measurement, resulting in more quality work and significant time savings." “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Larson Electronics LLC Releases 75’ 4/5 SOOW TypeW Weatherproof Extension Cord with 4P5W Cord Cap Larson Electronics has announced the release of a new 75-foot weatherproof 4/5 SOOW Type-W extension power cord with a 100-amp rated weatherproof pin and sleeve cord cap. This extension cord is designed for heavy duty outdoor applications, allowing operators to extend power to equipment in outdoor or remote locations where stationary weatherproof outlets are not available. The EXC-75-120.240V-4P5W-100AIP67 is a rugged weatherproof extension cord constructed of 4-gauge 5-conductor wire that features a red 100-amp rated weatherproof IEC 60309 5-pole 4-pin cord cap. This 75-foot SOOW extension cord is flexible and chemical and abrasion resistant. Operators can use this cord to power their 120/240 Volt equipment from just a single system. This industrial extension cord is popular for use in remote outdoor locations to connect generators, stage equipment, UPS battery backups and other industrial equipment. “This SOOW extension cord is ideal for operators who need to extend 120/240volt power to their equipment in a remote location where regular outlets are unavailable,” said Rob Bresnahan, CEO of Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
Larson Electronics LLC. “The weatherproofing of the cord and the pin sleeve cord cap allows the EXC-75-120.240V-4P5W-100A-IP67 to be used safely outdoors and during unpredictable weather.” For more information, call 1-800-369-6671 or visit www.larsonelectronics.com.
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Pettibone Introduces Extendo 944X Telehandler The next generation Extendo 944X telehandler builds upon Pettibone’s traditional rocksolid design, delivering the same ruggedness and dependability while providing several new design enhancements for contractors and rental operators working in construction, masonry, supply yards and more.
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The Extendo 944X is powered by a 74horsepower Cummins QSF 3.8 Tier 4 Final diesel engine that features a DOC muffler and requires no diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). Mounted on a side pod, the engine offers easy service access while allowing excellent curbside visibility and ground clearance of 18 inches. A 117-horsepower option is also available. With its newly design boom, the 944X offers maximum lift capacity of 9,000 pounds, max forward reach of 30 feet, and max lift height of 44 feet, 6 inches. Featuring formed boom plates, the structure offers greater strength while reducing weight. The design also minimizes boom deflection for better control and accuracy when placing loads. Boom overlap has been nearly doubled from previous models to provide smoother operation and reduce contact forces on wear pads, thereby extending service life. A bottom-mounted external extend cylinder further reduces the load on wear pads by up to 50-percent. This cylinder location also provides greatly improved service access to internal boom components. A single extension chain eliminates the need to balance dual chains. Another new introduction is fastener-less wear pads for simplified service. Pettibone’s leading hydraulics continue to deliver exceptional controllability and overall operating feel, while enhancing efficiency and cycle speeds. Cylinder cushioning has been introduced to dampen the end of strokes – both extending and retracting – to avoid the wear-and-tear of hard, jarring stops, while also helping prevent the potential spilling of a load. The telehandler also uses a single lift cylinder that improves operator sight lines, and has twin non-tensioned hydraulic lines for tilt and auxiliary plumbing. The Extendo operator cab maintains Pettibone’s ergonomic seat, pedal, joystick and steering wheel positions, while optimizing line of sight in all directions. A new analog/LCD gauge cluster comes standard. An optional 7inch digital display with integrated back-up camera is also available. For more information, call 800-467-3884 or visit www.gopettibone.com.
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Rita Brown, President and CEO of BCC+, Pontiac, has been named North Central Region Director for the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). Brown
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The 2018 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated four AIA members from AIA Michigan to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions Zuber to the profession: Craig Borum, FAIA, of PLY Architecture, Ann Arbor; Cynthia Hayward, FAIA, of Hayward & Associates, Ann Arbor; James Nicolow, FAIA, of Lord Aeck & Sargent Architecture, Ann Arbor; and Dawn Zuber, FAIA, of Studio Z Architecture, Plymouth. The 2018 Fellows will be honored at an investiture ceremony at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York City. The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Out of a total AIA membership of over 90,000, fewer than four percent of members are distinguished with the honor of fellowship and honorary fellowship. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan (ACEC/M) has announced Sean J. Kelley, PE, of The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc. as its 2018-2019 President. Sean has been employed in the Michigan engineering consulting industry his entire 32-year Kelley career. He is a senior vice president and principal with the 300+ person firm The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc. and leads their downtown Detroit office. Sean has served on the ACEC/M Board of Directors for 8 years and has been actively involved in numerous initiatives most notably ACEC/M’s partnering efforts with MDOT.
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Kyle Kreft, solar manager for GEM Energy of the Rudolph Libbe Group, Walbridge, Ohio, has been recognized among the Energy Manager Today 75. An NABCEP-certified PV Installation Professional, Kreft Kreft joined Rudolph Libbe Group in 2010 and has worked at GEM Energy since 2012. His projects include solar arrays for DTE Energy; Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio; President Container in Middletown, NY; the City of Bryan, Ohio; the Army National Guard’s Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio; and the Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio. TowerPinkster, Grand Rapids, announced an expansion of its management team, adding key positions in the architectural production and mechanical engineering departments as the company continues to grow in all markets. Rumohr Working on a range of projects across the Midwestern region, the multi-discipline firm promoted three team members: Jon Rumohr, PE, HBDP, LEED AP BD+C, has been promoted to Manager of Mechanical Engineering. Rumohr, a senior Idema mechanical engineer, has been a member of the TowerPinkster team for 10 years. His engineering expertise led him to complete over a dozen LEED® projects and secure over a million dollars in energy rebates and incentives for various clients. Hoezee Ryan Idema, PE, LEED AP, will take on the role of Mechanical Engineering Supervisor. Idema, a senior mechanical engineer who has been with the company for 12 years, will work with Rumohr to guide the mechanical engineering team in the firm’s Grand Rapids office. Kevin Hoezee, AIA, NCARB, a senior project architect, has been promoted to Architectural Production Supervisor. His new role is comprised of overseeing day-to-day operations of the architectural production team members located in the Grand Rapids office. Traverse City-based consulting firm GFA (GourdieFraser) is pleased to announce new certifications for staff members, and the addition of professional personnel. After successfully completing the certification exams, Ron Andrews is GFA’s newest
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licensed operator. Andrews has a L1 sewage treatment works license, for Andrews Stricker lagoon systems, as well as an S-4 F-4 license for drinking water systems. He provides operations services for systems throughout northern Michigan. The GFA survey department recently welcomed two new Travis employees: Cody Stricker, GIS Technician, has joined the GFA survey department as a GIS technician. John Travis, CAD/GIS Technician, has rejoined GFA as a CAD/GIS technician. His duties will include CAD drafting of boundary, ALTA and topographic surveys as well as GIS database maintenance and projects using ArcMAP.
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Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights, was recognized as a top-performing global supplier for Ford Motor Company at the 20th annual Ford World Excellence Awards. Only 88 companies were selected as finalists from thousands of Ford suppliers globally. Roncelli, Inc. was presented with a Silver Award by Ford Motor Company’s Joe Hinrichs, executive vice president and president, global operations, and Hau Thai-Tang, executive vice president, product development and purchasing. ”It is both an honor and a privilege to work closely with Ford Motor Company” said Thomas Wickersham, President of Roncelli, Inc. “The global recognition of this award is a tribute to the dedication and focus of Roncelli employees and their commitment to the customer experience.” “Our World Excellence awards recognize the outstanding achievements of Ford Motor Company’s top-performing suppliers around the world,” said Thai-Tang. “Suppliers like Roncelli, Inc. are key to Ford’s continued success as we work towards our goal of becoming world's most trusted mobility company.” For more information, call 586 264-2060 or visit www.roncelli-inc.com.
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Rudolph Libbe Inc. and GEM Inc., of the Rudolph Libbe Group, Walbridge, Ohio, have each received a 2017 Thomas J. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Construction Safety and Health from The Association of Union Contractors (TAUC). Created in 1983, the award recognizes exceptional efforts by TAUC members to prevent jobsite safety incidents.
Recently, Barton Malow Company, Southfield, invested in a partnership with New York-based Construction Robotics, a company that specializes in new technologies that improve efficiency, productivity and quality of life for construction workers by developing robotics and tools vital to 21st Century construction. Barton Malow’s strategic investment means that BMC has joined Construction Robotics’ Advisory Board under a Mutual Cooperation Agreement and the two companies will collaborate on research, development and deployment of industrychanging construction technology. Barton Malow is putting one of these new innovations to work right here in Michigan. MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer) is designed to address the risk of injury and reduced productivity that results from laborer fatigue. MULE is a lift-assist device that handles and places materials weighing up to 135 pounds, allowing on-site teams to effortlessly move heavy objects while avoiding physical wear and tear. Additionally, by allowing one individual to move objects more quickly and efficiently, time and materials waste are reduced. MULE is designed to assist with brick- or block-centric projects, with long straight lines greater than 60 feet. For the first time in Michigan, MULE was used at a BMC job site in Grayling, for the construction of a retaining wall at ARAUCO’s new production facility. For more information, call 248-436-5000 or visit www.bartonmalow.com. Telecom facilities are springing up everywhere. And the next generation of 5G telecommunications will bring infrastructure even closer to the end user, making site selection even more crucial. Finding these 52 CAM MAGAZINE JULY 2018
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favorable locations and environments requires special know-how and skills. Enter G2 Consulting Group, a Troy-based geotechnical, geoenvironmental and construction services firm steeped in the telecom industry. Having worked on more than 20,000 telecom projects in 35 U.S. states and Canada for all major carriers, G2 has a deep understanding of complex compliance issues and helps its clients meet all levels of regulations. “Over the past couple decades, we've become leaders in this field,” says G2 principal Mark Smolinski, P.E., “and with the constant demand for better, broader communication receptivity, backed by the strong partnerships we've built, G2 expects this area of our business to continue to grow.” For more information, call 248-229-4418 or visit www.G2consultinggroup.com.
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Ruby+Associates Structural Engineers, Bingham Farms, acted as Presenting Sponsor at the recent Go Red Goes STEM event, with Tricia Ruby, CEO and president of Ruby+Associates, also serving as Chair. The day-long American Heart Association event aims to inspire female students of the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) to consider a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Some of Detroit’s leading STEM-focused companies showcased their innovative work and introduced the students to unique, real world career paths in STEM. “The lack of minority women in STEM fields, particularly engineering, is alarming.” said Ruby, who holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Purdue University. “Women in STEM earn 35 percent more than women in non-STEM fields. By exposing this group of talented young women to the world of STEM and its opportunities, we hope to inspire them to see what’s possible.” The Michigan Science Center (MiSci) served as host to the event, exposing students to STEM at every turn. The young women were welcomed to the event with a dynamic kick-off presentation by Dr. Tonya Matthews, Michigan Science Center CEO and president. “It is critical that young women have exciting and authentic STEM experiences which increase their interest, confidence and skill sets in
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July 19-22, 2018 - American Society of Concrete Contractors – Concrete Executive Leadership Forum (CELF) Montage Deer Valley, Park City, UT Forum featuring seminars, roundtable discussions, networking activities, and fun. For more information, visit www.ascconline.org or call (866) 788-2722. July 31, 2018 - CAM Connect: Tigers Game vs. Cincinnati Reds CAM members and their guests are invited to this CAM networking event that includes a pre-game VIP party, food trucks and beverages, and shuttle service to the game. For more information, visit www.buildwithcam.com. August 18, 2018 - CAM Connect: Woodward Cruise-In Members can enjoy a shaded front-row seat to the Woodward Dream Cruise, with live music and BBQ all day. For more information, visit www.buildwithcam.com.
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September 11, 2018 - Fall Sporting Clays @ Hunters Creek CAM members enjoy a day of networking and a test of their shooting skills. For more information, visit www.buildwithcam.com. September 20, 2018 - Boy Scouts Building Connections Networking Event GM Heritage Center, Sterling Heights A unique opportunity for informal business and social interaction while supporting the Scouting program for area youth and their families. For more information, visit www.buildwithcam.com. October 15-18, 2018 - American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) National Fall Conference Tucson, AZ For more information, visit https://aamanet.org.
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